Combined clothes and hat rack



(No Model.) J. S. LASH.

COMBINED CLOTHES AND HAT RACK.

No. 330,497. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

JNVENTOR MW J M .4 TTORNEY W] T NESSES N. PETERS, PhnImL nnlznpner, Washington. D. c.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. LASH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CLOTHES AND HAT RACK.

FJPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,497, dated November 1'7, 1885.

Application filed May 15, 1885. Serial No. 165,640. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOHN S. LAsH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Clothes and Hat Rack, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to clothes hooks or racks of the form wherein the hooks are swiveled between an upper and lower or two longitudinal bars suitably connected together and having eyes for the passage of hooks to hang it upon a wall or fixture; and it has for its object to provide the same with wire hat hooks or rests, whereby an inexpensive and convenient clothes and hat rack is produced.

My invention accordingly consists of a rack composedof two longitudinal or parallel bars, between which are swiveled clothes-hooks, and which are suitably secured together by wires having at one end eyes for thepassage of hooks or other devices to hang the rack to a wall or fixture, and of a series of wire hat rests or hooks loosely inserted in openings in said bars, as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the drawing, whichshows a perspective view, partly in section, of my invention, A represents the rack, composed of two longi' tudinal or parallel bars, a, tied or connected together by, preferably, wire rods a, having eyes a, and between which are swiveled the clothes-hooks B, in the well-known manner. Interposed between some or, if desired, all the hooks B is a hat hook or'rest, O, which preferably consists of a pintle, a, standard or bracket 0, preferably a spirally-coiled rest or plate, 0, having its outer end, a or that of its last coil, bent backward and turned down under the preceding coil, to keep said end out of the way of and prevent it tearing the lining of the hat placed upon such hook or rest 0. The parts of hooks O are all preferably formed from a single piece of wire, and said hooks or their pintles c are loosely or otherwise inserted into openings (1, formed in the bars a, said openings running entirely through both bars (6, as shown, to permit the hooks 0 being inserted into or placed upon the racks after the bars a a and the swiveled clotheshooks B are connected together by the cross-rods a.

What I claim is- 1. A combined hat and clothes rack com posed of longitudinal or parallel bars a, having openings d and suitably secured together, swiveled clothes-hooks B, and hat-hooks 0, having a bracket, 0, and a stem, 0, adapted to said openings d, substantially as shown and described.

2. A combined hat and clothes rack composed of longitudinal or parallel bars a, having openings (2 and suitably secured together, and of wire hat hooks C, having pintle 0, adapted to opening d, bracket 0 and spirallycoiled plate 0 with end 0 bent backward to ward and turned down under one of the coils of said plate, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a hat and clothes rack, the combination of longitudinal or parallel bars a (1., swiveled clothes-hooks B, and swiveled hat-hooks O, composed of a pintle, bracket, and top plate, and interposed between hooks B, substant-ially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN s. LASH.

Witnesses: I

. S. J. VAN STAVOREN, CHAS. F. VAN HORN.

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